Platydoras

Platydoras is a small genus of thorny catfishes native to freshwater habitats in subtropical and tropical South America.^[1]

Platydoras
Platydoras armatulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Doradidae
Subfamily:	Platydorinae
Genus:	Platydoras Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Silurus costatus Linnaeus, 1758

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:^[1][2]

• Platydoras armatulus (Valenciennes, 1840) (Southern striped raphael)
• Platydoras brachylecis Piorski, Garavello, Arce H. & Sabaj Pérez, 2008
• Platydoras birindellii Sousa et al., 2018
• Platydoras costatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Raphael catfish)
• Platydoras hancockii (Valenciennes, 1840)